Difference between revisions of "Sublimation"

The first boon offered by the [[Tlalaiad|Genesis]], earned by the bravery of [[Hashan]]'s leadership in 798 AF, the oft-whispered of [[Wellspring]] beneath the city is no longer a locked and guarded secret, but remains guarded nonetheless. The Alchemists who dare to experiment with the residual power of the ancient [[Proteus|Protean]] star have cast off the limiting truths presented by the [[Cauda Pavonis]] and tread paths of study never walked before.

Sublimation is an alternative field to Formulation, practiced by those capable of drawing on Hashan's Wellspring reservoir of energy. Its arts are centered around manipulation of forces, alignment of energies, and the oft-misunderstood field of substantiation.

The school of '''Manipulation''' operates upon bending fundamental forces to one's will, be those concrete forces such as gravity or the more abstract forces such as probability.

Alternatively, the school of '''Alignment''' does not waste unnecessary effort on altering their environment. Instead, their studies focus on aligning events just so as to ensure that their victory is inevitable. Though most students pride themselves on subtlety, a master of this field is far from.  

 

Finally, those that study under '''Substantiation''' are not content with simply altering the world around them. Indeed, they bend their attention to a far more concerning line of study: that of imposing their own sense of reality over what already exists. To be a master of Substantiation is to see the world as it is and find it wanting.

 

Alchemists of [[Sapience]] have diverged into two distinct paths. The traditional alchemical practice of [[Formulation]] and the field of Sublimation. You may select your field once every 24 hours to swap between the two.  

Manipulation focusses upon the manipulation of fundamental and abstract forces. While the lower feats of this school of study tend to be rather overt, the higher abstract abilities are as subtle as they are deadly.

Substantiation focusses upon imposing one's will upon reality, and using sufficient energy to simply make that will manifest. Though often looked down on as a rather brute force approach, the results cannot be argued with. Typically, the lower feats of this school focus upon highly defensive measures, though Master's are whispered to have learned of truely destructive applications.

Meanwhile, the school of Alignment aims to minimise wastefulness by focussing upon shifting what is already present into causing results. Extremely overt, this school of study is well equipped for causing devastation.

You may only be a master, journeyman, or apprentice of one school. Choose wisely, as this will dictate which abilities you have available.

You may enact the process actively yourself, though you may only do this so often or risk catastrophic harm to yourself.

If you are an enemy, might be an enemy, or have hostile intent against this organisation we strongly advise against selecting this as your field. They can and will remove your ability to functionally utilise this skill.

  |detail=Those that have dedicated themselves to the study of the Wellspring shall find that specialisation comes at a cost. With their focus upon the various schools of Sublimation, their grasp of the biological sciences falter, reducing their ability to utilise the physiology inundate ability substantially, as follows:

* Phlegmatic will no longer give weariness at all, and the progression is changed to lethargy, anorexia, slickness at 2, 6, and 8 tempers respectively.

However, such a loss is a minor inconvenience at best. After learning to utilise residual energy in their everyday lives, Alchemists may empower their wrack and truewrack attacks to give the following passive benefits:

* Phlegmatic: above two tempers, your truewrack attempts will no longer miss due to clumsiness. Above five tempers, your truewrack attempts will have a reduced balance cost (increasing for each stack above five).

 

Note that all residual effects scale to the number of tempers of the relevant humour present on the target.

 

NOTE: should your connection to the Wellspring be severed, the passive benefits will also no longer function.

  |detail=You may overdraw from the Wellspring when carrying out an act of manipulation, substantiation, or alignment. Doing so is very taxing and will cause you to be unable to tap the Wellspring for a time (passively and actively). See the relevant abilities for the effects of overdrawing in a given case.

* To overdraw, append the word OVERDRAW to the end of an action. For instance, MANIPULATE SOLAR <target> OVERDRAW.

  |detail=A training exercise typically taught to those who aspire to the school of Substantiation, the student focusses upon tricking reality into acknowledging the presence of something that is not. Basic necessities may be created in this way, though they are simply pale imitations and will rapidly fade as reality reasserts itself(*).

Valid types are cutting, blunt, fire, cold, poison, electricity, psychic, or asphyxiation.

Overdraw effect: you may specify a second type of energy to disperse, and the effect remains for longer.

* You may reduce the damage taken by that type for yourself in the location.

  |detail=The coming of the Morning Star was an event so catastrophic that few incidents since have come close to displaying such pure destructive power. Though a full replication would be both impossible and the height of stupidity, masters of the school of Substantiation have learned to bring but a sliver of that which was back into reality. Upon initiation, you may do nothing, and after a short delay significant damage shall be inflicted upon all in your location. A short while after that, more damage will be inflicted, and if your channeling is permitted to reach its culmination a third time. Each strike is significantly more powerful from the last and indiscriminate(*). If your working reaches its final phase, all in the area will be totally blinded by the flash for a time. This working may only be enacted by an individual every so often, and also may not be repeatedly called forth in the same location.

  |detail=Only a true master can manipulate the abstract. Manipulating probability in a location shall create a field that, when an individual is resurrected by the grace of the stars, another person in the location will have a chance to have their starburst defence stripped. Though this is relatively indiscriminate, the attunement with the Wellspring that Hashani have cultivated means their deaths shall not trigger this effect, and neither shall their starbursts be stripped.

  |detail=To attempt to manipulate the fundamental laws of space and time is a formidable task indeed. Those of the school of Manipulation know well the dangers of the latter, and have mastered the former. You may twist space in a location just so, that any attempting to leave rooms adjacent to the distorted location via magical means of travel will have the potential to fail said attempts.

  |description=Every step an artform.

  |detail=Align matters just so that a flame ignites, radiating outward from you and setting all others in the location ablaze. They will also be dealt damage, and this damage is increased substantially against an already ablaze target at the time of cast.

Overdraw effect: cause the sun to blaze down upon adjacent locations, boiling away unnatural waters.

  |detail=Only a master of the school of Alignment would be so bold as to risk configuring their own nature. The flashstep allows you to align yourself so utterly with the energy of the world that for the briefest instant, you are one and the same. Transverse to any adjacent location after a short delay: only being prone after initiation will prevent your egress.